Endnotes for the newsletter
1 There was at least another outrageous pardon last week that got mostly lost in the avalanche. Trump set free Ross Ulbricht, who was serving a life sentence as the founder and operator of Silk Road, a dark Web platform that was the world’s largest marketplace for drug dealing. Referring to Ulbricht’s mother, Trump said he made the gesture “in honor of her and the Libertarian Movement, which supported me so strongly.”
2 “A federal judge on Friday barred Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group who was convicted of seditious conspiracy in connection with the Capitol riot, from entering Washington, D.C., or the U.S. Capitol without the court's permission.” NPR 1/24/25
3 At 14:27 of the transcript
4 Only 16 percent of Republicans, the Pew project has found, say they believe what they hear on NPR.
5 Next stop: In Oceania, the Ministry of Truth was responsible for any necessary falsification of historical events. See Orwell, George, 1984.
6 Velociraptors know how to open doors, Jurassic Park, 1993.
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